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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sheryl Sandberg say is the first step to correcting a problem in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?Being aware of the problem.
(a) Asking for help.
(b) Developing a focus group.
(c) Being aware of the problem.
(d) Denial.

2. Who is the CEO of American Express that the author says acknowledges sexism and bias in his meetings, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?
(a) Vittorio Colao.
(b) Ken Chenault.
(c) Frank Flynn.
(d) Cameron Anderson.

3. What American physicist and astronaut became the first American woman in space in 1983?
(a) Sally Ride.
(b) Marianne Cooper.
(c) Rosalind Einhorn.
(d) Michele Elam.

4. Whom does the author describe that Facebook was recruiting for its business development team in 2009, in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?
(a) Pattie Sellers.
(b) Emily White.
(c) Joanna Strober.
(d) Priti Choksi.

5. What Harvard Business School professor is cited in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” as answering the question of what men could do to advance women’s leadership with “the laundry”?
(a) Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
(b) Nitin Nohria.
(c) Gloria Steinem.
(d) Clara Shih.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Yale alumni who had reached their forties by 2000, what percentage of the men remained in the workforce, according to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

2. The author asserts in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” “When husbands work fifty or more hours per week, wives with children are” what percent “more likely to quit their jobs than wives with children whose husbands work less”?

3. Who accompanied Sheryl Sandberg on a trip to New York to speak at the Women’s Media Center, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?

4. The author states in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” that in 2009, married middle-income parents worked about how many more hours per week than in 1979?

5. According to the author in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner,” how many states in the U.S. provide any income replacement for the care of a new baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Marissa Mayer used as an example of gender bias between women in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

2. What barriers does the author discuss in the beginning of Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

3. What website and organization does the author promote in the Afterword: “Let’s Keep Talking”?

4. How did Sheryl Sandberg respond when she was belittled upon meeting an admired politician in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?

5. What positive statistics does the author cite for women’s mentorship of women in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

6. What does the author suggest one should ask oneself of “having it all” in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

7. Why does the author say that women dropping out of the workplace in anticipation of later conflicts is a problem today in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

8. What does Sandberg describe as an ideal partner for women to succeed alongside in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

9. What study regarding “gatekeeping behaviors” is discussed in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

10. What lesson does the author say she learned from her correspondence with Ray Kelly in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

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